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Tuesday 13 August 2013

UK Songwriting Contest 2013 Results Announced; Indian-Origin Winners Included

The winners of the UK Songwriting Contest were announced on 8 August 2013. Afra Naushad, 27, the Indian doctor-turned-writer based in Saudi Arabia reached the semi-final round for the song Run Into The Wild. Other Indian origin winners included Shelly Bhushan in the adult contemporary category and Akshay Chowdhary and Sumant Balakrishnan in the rock category.

About the UK Songwriting Contest

• The UK Songwriting Contest is the longest running as well as the most popular international songwriting events of the world.
• It was launched in the year 2002 along with The BRIT Trust. 
• The aim of the UK Songwriting Contest is to discover and encourage the new songwriting talent as well as promote the art of songwriting. 
• Ever since the launch of UK Songwriting Contest, more than 50000 songs took part in the competition. 
• UK Songwriting Contest is one of the best songwriting events of the world and is known to be the important platform for launching new talent. 
• There are 15 song categories in all which include Open, Christmas Songs, Electronic/Dance/Ambient, Adult Contemporary, Pop, Love Songs, Rock, Lyrics Only, Acoustic & Folk, Jazz/Blues, Country, R&B/Urban, Christian/Faith, among others. 
• The 2013 judging panel included Grammy, Emmy, CMA and BRIT Award winning Gold and Platinum Album producers and artists including Sting's producer Kipper Eldridge, Elton John's producer Stuart Epps and Britney Spears' Musical Director Simon Ellis among others.
The complete list of winners and finalists is as follows:
Category
Name of the Winner
Song
Singer/Songwriter
Bonnie Piesse
Ariella
Singer/Songwriter
Lisa Nelson
Butterfly
Country
Rob Cariddi
I'm So Blue
Pop
Jaron Natoli
Running Away
Christmas Songs
Leigh Haggerwood
My Favourite Time Of Year
Christmas Songs
Rob Cariddi
Jingle Jangle Christmas
Love Songs
Natalie Hiong
Unravelling
Acoustic/Folk
Scott Cook
Pass It Along
Adult Contemporary
Lucy Mason
Sirens
RnB/Urban
Napoleon Maddox / Brian Greer / Elliott Riggins
Meant Somethin'
Jazz/Blues
Billy D (Blues Winner)
Somethin's Wrong
Jazz/Blues
Phil Danter (Jazz Winner)
Nietzsche Tonight
Rock
Jaron Natoli
Down The Road
Electronic/Dance
Lindsay Hawkins (eoslinz)
Vortex Of Life
Instrumental
Jason Cullimore
The Sparrow and the Hawk
Instrumental
Ed Henderson
Corazon
Faith/Christian
Martin D Bills
Rhythms Of Joy
Open Category
Michael Ward, Steve Hemsley & Caterina Polla
Tu Amore
Lyrics
Susan Muranty
Morining Star Gently

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